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IllegalPaladin on 15 July 2009
JaggedSac said:
This is just like what happened with the original Halo. Except MS screwed over Mac people.

I don't think anybody is really missing anything with the PC version of Halo. Outside of playing in a lan (which I haven't done), the online gameplay is 'meh' with the delay. Having a delay for your actions can work in an online RTS (in my experience, Age of Empires 2), but not for an online FPS.



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JaggedSac on 15 July 2009
IllegalPaladin said:
JaggedSac said:
This is just like what happened with the original Halo. Except MS screwed over Mac people.

I don't think anybody is really missing anything with the PC version of Halo. Outside of playing in a lan (which I haven't done), the online gameplay is 'meh' with the delay. Having a delay for your actions can work in an online RTS (in my experience, Age of Empires 2), but not for an online FPS.

LOL.  I do not think you understood.  Halo was originally being created for Macs until MS stepped in.



Strategyking92 on 15 July 2009
JaggedSac said:
IllegalPaladin said:
JaggedSac said:
This is just like what happened with the original Halo. Except MS screwed over Mac people.

I don't think anybody is really missing anything with the PC version of Halo. Outside of playing in a lan (which I haven't done), the online gameplay is 'meh' with the delay. Having a delay for your actions can work in an online RTS (in my experience, Age of Empires 2), but not for an online FPS.

LOL.  I do not think you understood.  Halo was originally being created for Macs until MS stepped in.

But it got ported regardless :-/

OMG HALO NOT MS EXCLUSIVE?!?!?!?!!



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JaggedSac on 15 July 2009
Strategyking92 said:
JaggedSac said:
IllegalPaladin said:
JaggedSac said:
This is just like what happened with the original Halo. Except MS screwed over Mac people.

I don't think anybody is really missing anything with the PC version of Halo. Outside of playing in a lan (which I haven't done), the online gameplay is 'meh' with the delay. Having a delay for your actions can work in an online RTS (in my experience, Age of Empires 2), but not for an online FPS.

LOL.  I do not think you understood.  Halo was originally being created for Macs until MS stepped in.

But it got ported regardless :-/

OMG HALO NOT MS EXCLUSIVE?!?!?!?!!

LOL.  When did that happen?



IllegalPaladin on 15 July 2009

lol yea, I did misunderstand.

I believe it came out in the summer of 2003 to the PC. Still, you wouldn't be missing out on anything except playing the game with a mouse and keyboard.



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Xen on 15 July 2009

^And terrible optimization.

OT: That sucks hard.



Bitmap Frogs on 15 July 2009
FKNetwork said:

Give it a rest Shio seriously, no one cares what you have to say, go back to your super amazing best thing in the whole wide world pc gaming and leave us to our crumby console gaming.

Shio = The new MikeB for PC confirmed.....

 

Seriously. He's always been quite pushy with his agenda but lately he's gone over the top with it.





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Strategyking92 on 15 July 2009
JaggedSac said:
Strategyking92 said:
JaggedSac said:
IllegalPaladin said:
JaggedSac said:
This is just like what happened with the original Halo. Except MS screwed over Mac people.

I don't think anybody is really missing anything with the PC version of Halo. Outside of playing in a lan (which I haven't done), the online gameplay is 'meh' with the delay. Having a delay for your actions can work in an online RTS (in my experience, Age of Empires 2), but not for an online FPS.

LOL.  I do not think you understood.  Halo was originally being created for Macs until MS stepped in.

But it got ported regardless :-/

OMG HALO NOT MS EXCLUSIVE?!?!?!?!!

LOL.  When did that happen?

Mac OS X
NA December 3, 2003[5]

 

really late!



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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greenmedic88 on 15 July 2009
JaggedSac said:
Well, it looks like MS may have taken forum fanboy wars to heart and provided their fanboys with more true blue console exclusives. LOL. PC/PS3 gamers should have kept their mouths shut.

lol! I've said it myself personally that I really haven't had much use for my 360 for this exact reason.

Although generally the "give more" rather than simply take away approach would be preferred naturally.

I'm sure they simply took a look at projected sales for PC platform, projected sales for 360 platform, factored in the piracy rate for a single player (play once) type of game on PC and decided it would make more sense to just market this title as a 360 exclusive, with the option to do a late Windows port in 6-12 months after the bulk of the console sales were done.

Assuming *all* PC fans don't go up in arms over a possible late port and scream "boycott!" this would actually result in the most sales for the game overall. And it may even result in an even more impressive DX 11 version of the title if Remedy is game.



MonstaMack on 15 July 2009

PC gaming is so gimped these days. I'd say the best PC game that came from a console over the last few years was Devil May Cry 4. That game was really opitmized very well. If it weren't for Blizzard and The Sims PC sales wouldn't be the same over the last few years. So many pirates!

Bad news for the few legit buyers (prolly 30k or less?) of Alan Wake on the PC. But at least now the 360 owners have another solid exclusive.



It's just that simple.